Spindale Fire Destroys Pressing Club Building
A gas-fumes fire last Friday morning leveled the Spindale Pressing Club on Spindale Avenue in the Stonecutter section. The blaze destroyed the building owned by J. D. Collins with no insurance, sparing only a barber chair and towels from Pritchard Barber Shop. Rutherfordton’s La France engine aided nearby structures but distant hydrants prevented saving the pressing club. The fire damaged Robbins Brothers Store adjoining. The article also notes primary commencement in the school auditorium with an operetta Cinderella in Flowerland featuring dozens of named students and staff. the event drew a full house and praise for preparation.
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Spindale Pressing Club
B. G. Walsh
Pritchard
Spindale Avenue
Rutherfordton
New la France
Pressing Club
J. D. Collins
R. R
N. R. James
Andrew Pritchard
Robbins Brothers
Cinderella
Daisy
Vivian Starnes
Proud Sisters
Hollyhawks
Mabel King
Tiger Lily
Lula Simmons
Nature
Sue Barrs
Bonnie Bee
Little Page x Butterflies
Marie Staines James Robin Red
Prince's Herald
Dawson Brackett
Prince Sunshine
Sun Beam Castle
Bruce Hill
Poppy
Esther Walker
Buttercup
Annie Reid
Pansy
Edith Melton
Daffodil
Elsie Williams
Violet Blanche Giles
Sweet Briar
Bonnie Canady Mignonette
Gwendolyn Gragg
Lily Bell
Jenie Melton
Sweet Pea
Kate Nance Narcissus
Elena Rollins
Sunbeams
Local Happenings in Spindale and Nearby Towns
Mr A Fox and sons from Troutmans North Carolina and daughter Mrs Austin of Statesville were week end visitors here and in Alexander. Sunday May 10 has been set aside as friendly visitation day by Spindale churches. Eight teams with a captain and eleven helpers will visit every home in Spindale to take census. Miss Bess Cowan visits grandparents near Realsville with brother Ivy Cowan. Mr and Mrs D B Crow spend week end near Golden Valley. Miss Vesta McBrayer of Oakland visits Miss Ella Culbreth. Mr R L Culbreth and family and Miss Vesta McBrayer spend part of Sunday in Shelby.
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Ivy Cowan
D. B. Crow
Golden Valley
Vesta McBrayer
Oakland
Ella ‘Culbreth
R. L. Culbreth
Shelby
Oak Grove News update from May 4 memorial event and social visits
Rev J Poe led services at Oak Grove. Belle Wilkie and Ollierea Randall visiting relatives. W P Wilkie and family with L D Wilkie parents. Bruna Beam buys Buick Sedan. Melton Harris family at T E Randall. Memorial at Oak Grove Thursday attracts large crowd. Geneva Harrill from Spmaaie visited Pearle Randall. Eugenia Kanda returns from Brevard Institute. Community members attended Memorial Services at Rehobeth.
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Bostie
J. Poe
Oak Grove
Belle Wilkie
Ollierea Randall
W. P. Wilkie
L. D. Wilkie
Bruna Beam
Melton Harris
T. E. Randall
Geneva Harrill
Spmaaie
Pearle Randall
Eugenia Kanda
Brevard Institute
Rehobeth
P. T. A. Meeting At School Wednesday Afternoon
The Parent-Teacher Association will meet in the school building on Wednesday afternoon May 13 at 3:80. It is the last meeting of the year and includes the election of officers. All members are urged to attend.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Third District UDC meeting in Rutherfordton notes
Rutherfordton on April 30 hosted a large turnout for the Third District Daughters of the Confederacy with Mrs J Dolph Long jot Graham delivering the principal address and Mrs O Max Gardner presiding in absence. The Davis Dickerson Mills Chapter will hold a Confederate Veterans reunion and feed on May 9.
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Rutherfordton
Third District
Daughters of the Confederacy
J. Dolph Long Jot Graham
North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
Shelby
W. B. Nix
Purity of Heart and the Call to Clean Living
A religious meditation on purity contrasts physical food safety under the Pure Food Law with moral cleansing of the heart. It urges believers to maintain pure hearts and consciences, warns against unforgiven sin, and calls attention to the soul shining through the eyes as evidence of inward purity.
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Federation of Women’s Clubs
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Robert H. Hampton
K. E. Simpson
L. D. Miller
South Main Street
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S. P. Dunagan
Charles H. Moore
Edison
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Sam Burgin
Ladies’ Aid Society of Baptist Church
J. L.taylor
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A. L. Grayson
C. B. Justice
G. W. Edwards
M. H. Jones
Chicago
F. P. Pegram
Raleigh
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Blue Ridge Cream Company
Edwin P. Simpson
Isothermal
Greenwood
S.C
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C. F. Geer
M. H. Biggs
P. C. Rollins
C. W. Keeter
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